Exerciser



B. G. FRY

Feb; 9 1926.

EXERC I SER Filed July 25 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

BYRON/e. FRY; or GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.

Exnnorsiin. y 1

Appiieation'ied July 23,1923. Ysemi No. 653,149.

To all Iwhom t may '00u-cern.'

of Glendale, county of Los Angeles, and State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Exercisers, of which thefollowing is a specification. y

My invention relates to that type of eXercising apparatus adapted foruse in developing and strengthening the human muscles, and it has amongits salient objects to provide a simple, compact and efficient device ofthe character referred to which can be easily carried from place toplace and quickly attached to any suitable support ready for use toprovide a device which can be quickly and easily adjusted for increasingthe pull necessary to operate it, thereby making it possible to regulatethe device for use by young or old, men or women, weak or strong; toprovide a device which eliminates the use of weights or springs and yetcapable of providing any degree of resistance to the muscles being usedto operate the device;

In order to fully explain my invention, I have shown one embodimentthereof on the accompanying sheet of drawings which I will now describe.

Figure 1 shows an edge view of the device supported upon a hook readyfor use:

Figure 2 is a side view thereof with the ends of the cables cut away;and

Figure 3 is a sectional view through thel device shown in the. otherviews.

Referring now more in detail to the device here shown for illustrativepurposes, 1, designates a rotatable element, here shown to be in theform of a duplex pulley having two cable channels, 2, 3, with a hole, 11-, through the middle partition member 5, as shown in Fig. 3, toreceive a cable, (5. The

cable is inserted through this hole L1, withv its middle portion restingtherein and its ends wound around the rotatable yelement 1 in differentdirections, one end being wound in one of the channels 2, or 3, and theother end wound in the other, as illustrated. The ends of the cables areprovided with hand pieces, or gripping means, as 7, shown in thedrawings to be spiral in form, similar to a rope, although these can beof any desired form or size. The rotatable element is mounted betweentwo side members, 8 and 9, on a pin or bolt, 1G. At opposite sides ofsaid side members, .ou .se-.id bolt, are two flexible washer likemembers, 11, 11, which Be it known that I, Briton RY, a crti- VZen ofthe United States, residing in the city may. be of rubber, fiber or anysuitable material, with metal washers, 12, 12, over their outer faces,on said bolt 10, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. On the opposite sidesof the rotatable member 1, next to the side members, 8 and 9, I haveplaced a disc of cork, or the like, 13, Fig. 3. On the threaded end ofthe bolt 10, I have shown a small wisher, 14, and a regulatingbar ormember, 15, for regulating-the compression of the members on said bolt10, to increase or diminish the friction on the rotatable element 1.

'At one end of the side members, 8 and 9, is a supporting member 16,adapted to be placed over any suitable hook or support,

as 17, mounted on a wall or other suitable Y support. At Vthe other endof said side members, 8 and 9, is a bolt, 18, with a roller sleeve 19,thereon between the side members n u n 7 to serve as antrfriction meansfor the cables orflexible members., 6, 6. The bolt 18 is shown to bethreaded to the side member 8, and to be provided with a nut 20, tofirmly hold said plates 01 side members together and prevent `relativemovement between them.

The use ofthe device will be readily under stood from the drawings, butmay be briefly described as follows:

It will be understood that it can be supported over head, or on a wallor other support at any desired height. `The hand pieces 7 are taken,one in each hand and alternately pulled andmetracted, turning therotatable element 1, first in one direction and then in the other, saidelement taking up and letting out the cable as it is turned. By turningthe regulating member 15, any desired friction can be placed on saidrotatable4 element desired, thus regulating the amount of forcenecessary to pull said cables and turn said element. Various uses can bemade of said device for developing and strengthening the muscles of thebody, and while I have shown and described one practical embodiment ofthe invention, I do not limit it to the showing made, except as I may belimited by the hereto claims.

' I claim: l

1. In a device of the character referred to, in combination, two sidemembers, a rotatable element mounted therebetween, a cable wound aromidsaid element with its appended i ends extended and provided withgripping means,`friction elementsv betweensaid side members and saidrotatable element and means for tightening and releasing the saine,whereby to regulate-'the' friction on said rotatable element.

2. An exerciser comprising in combination a duplex pulley-like memberhaving tWo cable channels, a cable Wound around said member with itsopposite ends extended therefrom and provided with gripping means, sideplates forfsupporting said member, yielding friction means for creatingfriction on said member toreg'ulate the ease with which it can beturned, means ior regulating said friction, and means for supportingsaideXerciser whereby said gripping means on saidcable ends can bealternately pulled and released, substantially as described.

Signed at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, County, California, this 16th day ofJuly,

i A BYRON G. FRY.

